adjective, straighter, straightest. 1. without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path. 2. exactly vertical or horizontal; in a perfectly vertical or horizontal plane: a straight table. 3. (of a line) generated by a point moving at a constant velocity with respect to another point.
In the order of The Canterbury Tales, the Pardoner's Prologue and Tale are preceded by The Physician's Tale. The Physician's Tale is a harrowing tale about a judge who plots with a churl [low fellow] to abduct a beautiful young woman; rather than allow her to be raped, her father beheads her.n the General Prologue of the Tales, the Pardoner is introduced with these lines: With hym ther rood a gentil Pardoner. Of Rouncivale, his freend and his compeer, That streight was comen fro the court of Rome.
The situational irony in the perdoners tale is that In The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer the Pardoner's actions of dishonesty and greed are prime examples of situationa â¦ l irony. Situational irony is when something or someone does the opposite of what is expected.he situational irony in the perdoners tale is that In The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer the Pardoner's actions of dishonesty and greed are prime examples of situationa â¦ l irony. Situational irony is when something or someone does the opposite of what is expected.